A Downing Street spokesperson said:
“The Prime Minister spoke to G7 and other world leaders this
afternoon about the situation in Ukraine.
“The leaders agreed that the valiant resistance to the Russian
invasion we are seeing in Ukraine is truly inspirational. The
Prime Minister stressed the need for countries to continue
supporting the Ukrainian Government, including with the provision
of defensive weapons. He also underlined the need for an
international response to the emerging humanitarian crisis,
including through supporting Ukraine’s neighbours to deal with
large numbers of Ukrainians escaping violence in the country.
“The Prime Minister welcomed the unity of message and action
between countries in recent days in response to Russia’s
invasion. He stressed the need to continue applying pressure on
Putin’s regime, including on SWIFT, with sanctions and with trade
restrictions. The Prime Minister commended the progress over the
weekend with all G7 countries agreeing to remove Russian banks
from SWIFT.
“The Prime Minister also paid tribute to his fellow leaders’
renewed commitments to bolster the NATO alliance, including
Chancellor Scholz’s pledge to massively increase Germany’s
spending on defence.
“The leaders agreed to pursue every avenue to ensure that Putin
fails in his ambitions.”
Notes to Editors: Other participants in the call were the leaders
of the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland,
Romania, the EU and NATO.
